Fellow, Inst. for Policy Studies. Ex-historian tweeting about drug policy, culture wars, social justice, Ukraine, & such. Personal account.
Joined June 2010
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19 Mar 2025
Just a reminder that I’m basically done with this Nazi-loving site after 15 years. I’m at the other place now where my posts aren’t throttled and I’m picking up followers about 6 or 7 times faster than on X. The transition was MUCH easier than I expected. bsky.app/profile/sanho.bsky.…
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”You cannot use a military solution to solve what is fundamentally an economic problem. … It’s just a recipe for more war.”
— IPS expert Sanho Tree on the U.S.’s war on drugs @dwnews youtu.be/vykaR4aIxsw?si=N9Y8…
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NEW: Trump claimed that drugs entering the U.S. by sea have decreased by 97% due to illegal U.S. boat strikes. The administration’s own data contradicts this claim.
“It wouldn’t be the first time this administration just made something up," said IPS scholar @SanhoTree.
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NEW: Trump's claims that bombing civilian boats is curtailing the drug trade show a "fundamental misunderstanding" of the issue.
“We don’t use missiles to address a public health problem,” IPS scholar @SanhoTree tells @nickturse in @theintercept: theintercept.com/2026/05/04/…
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Apr 9
I just came here to say this. It’s going to be hilarious when X sends you an alert saying I haven’t posted in a while & you should check out what I’m saying.😂
BTW, it took me 15 months to get 15k followers at the other place. It took me 15 YEARS to get that many followers here.
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"The only thing more dangerous than organized crime is disorganized crime.”
IPS drug policy scholar @SanhoTree joined @AJEnglish on El Mencho and the disastrously flawed strategy of killing drug "kingpins." Watch:
ips-dc.org/video-eliminating…
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Jan 15
Put another way, Trump cynically murdered more than 100 people in boats to provide cover for his military buildup & then killed 100 more in Venezuela to arrest his critic & steal Venezuela's oil. He now threatens Mexico, Colombia & Cuba in the region. This is World War Trump.
Trump's drug charges against Maduro and Venezuela are quicky debunked by IPS drug policy scholar @SanhoTree on @BBC.
“These charges were fabricated to target a political enemy for political ends.”
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NEW: IPS drug policy expert @SanhoTree speaks with the BBC about the misconceptions, misinformation, and, in some cases, downright hypocrisy coming from the Trump administration regarding supposed drug traffickers in Latin America. ips-dc.org/video-the-worst-d…
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NEW: Not only is there "certainly no fentanyl involved" between Venezuela and the U.S., but the region's most prolific drug traffickers have often in fact been U.S. allies.
On @BBC, IPS drug policy scholar @SanhoTree dismantles Trump admin claims. Watch: ips-dc.org/video-the-worst-d…
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24 Nov 2025
I’m interviewed for this piece.
24 Nov 2025
🇺🇸 #Internacional | Presión. Esa es la palabra que marca hoy la relación entre Estados Unidos y Venezuela. La administración estadounidense sumó un nuevo gesto al designar oficialmente al llamado “Cártel de los Soles” como organización terrorista extranjera, una medida que implica sanciones, restricciones y un endurecimiento diplomático.
La Casa Blanca enmarca esta decisión dentro de la campaña del presidente Donald Trump y su equipo de seguridad para, según ellos, combatir el narcotráfico que llega a territorio estadounidense.
Un movimiento que profundiza las tensiones en la región y eleva el pulso político entre ambos gobiernos.
🔴Conéctate con nosotros 👉🏻 rtvcnoticias.com/senal-en-vi… 📲
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18 Nov 2025
I had the honor of speaking on a recent panel about the boat strikes with Laura Dib (WOLA), Brian Finucane (Crisis Group), Katherine Yon Ebright (Brennan Center), and Amanda Klasing (Amnesty Int.). This is the most comprehensive discussion I have yet seen: youtu.be/EctaVTB_las?si=vqIc…
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24 Oct 2025
I don’t really post on this site anymore, but I wanted to share my Al Jazeera interview last night about Trump’s extrajudicial killings spree in international waters because of the urgency of the situation. Hegseth just announced his 10th attack. youtu.be/MVNn76XVby0?si=eO7T…
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29 Oct 2025
Tobacco will kill 480,000 people in the US this year according to the CDC. That’s SIX times more than all US drug overdose deaths COMBINED. Does that mean Trump should bomb the homes of tobacco executives in the US? Here’s my debate on Al Jazeera: youtu.be/OE8euBl1txY
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18 Nov 2025
I had the honor of speaking on a recent panel about the boat strikes with Laura Dib (WOLA), Brian Finucane (Crisis Group), Katherine Yon Ebright (Brennan Center), and Amanda Klasing (Amnesty Int.). This is the most comprehensive discussion I have yet seen: youtu.be/EctaVTB_las?si=vqIc…
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5 Nov 2025
🚨The Senate will vote TOMORROW on a bipartisan War Powers Resolution to block unauthorized hostilities w/in or against Venezuela. Call 1-833-STOP-WAR or visit 1833stopwar(dot)com to contact your senators & urge them to support S.J.Res.90! Just enter your zip & we'll connect you.
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31 Oct 2025
The drug war acts like a “price support” for traffickers. Cartels are the last people who want the war to end. We will never make drugs disappear by making them astronomically more valuable. Stop amplifying the motivational feedback loop of the people you’re trying to stop.
31 Oct 2025
Most drugs cost pennies per dose to manufacture. But the higher the risk to the smuggler — like the risk of getting arrested, or blown up — the more they can charge.
In short, our policies are making trafficking more profitable, not less. @SanhoTree: otherwords.org/blowing-up-fi…
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29 Oct 2025
Tobacco will kill 480,000 people in the US this year according to the CDC. That’s SIX times more than all US drug overdose deaths COMBINED. Does that mean Trump should bomb the homes of tobacco executives in the US? Here’s my debate on Al Jazeera: youtu.be/OE8euBl1txY
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28 Oct 2025
NEW: Instead of learning from past U.S. drug war mistakes — like CIA contractors' killing of an American missionary and her infant daughter — Trump is carrying out still more extrajudicial killings without evidence.
IPS scholar @SanhoTree: otherwords.org/blowing-up-fi…
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24 Oct 2025
Would it be okay for the Mexican military to blow up a US fishing boat because they believed it was smuggling deadly guns into Mexico, even if they offered no evidence? Would that be acceptable to this administration? asks @SanhoTree. commondreams.org/opinion/dru…
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24 Oct 2025
Not only is Trump’s tactic of blowing up supposed “drug boats” completely ineffective against actual drug trafficking — it’s a dangerous abdication of judicial process that has troubling implications for domestic policing, writes IPS expert @SanhoTree. otherwords.org/blowing-up-fi…
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